Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Books
Colored Television - Danzy Senna

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Washington Post

Connie - Connie Chung

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post

Long Island - Colm Tóibín

50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024 Washington Post

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

Best Fiction of 2024 Financial Times: Laura Battle

Soldiers and Kings - Jason De León

Nonfiction 2024 National Book Award

James - Percival Everett

Fiction 2024 National Book Award

Butter - Asako Yuzuki

Best Fiction Books of 2024 Independent

Colored Television - Danzy Senna

Top 10 Books of 2024 Chicago Public Library

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

Best Fiction of 2024 The Booker Prize

Parade - Rachel Cusk

Best Fiction of 2024 Goldsmiths Prize

When the Clock Broke - John Ganz

10 Best Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly

Challenger - Adam Higginbotham

Nonfiction 2024 Kirkus Prize

James - Percival Everett

Fiction 2024 Kirkus Prize

Brotherless Night - V.V. Ganeshananthan

Best Fiction of 2024 Women's Prize

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Best Nonfiction of 2024 Women's Prize

Solenoid - Mircea Cărtărescu

2024 Dublin Literary Award

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez - Claire Jiménez

Fiction 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

The Best Novels of 2023 Dazed

A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantel

The 20 Best Books of 2023 New Statesman

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

The Top 12 Queer Novels of 2023 Autostraddle: Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

The Best Books of 2023 Town & Country

The Wager - David Grann

Favorite Books of 2023 Barack Obama

The Guest - Emma Cline

The 45 Best New Books of 2023 Harper’s Bazaar

Loot - Tania James

The 12 Best Books of 2023 Nerdette